History of
the Village of

Johnstown
Center

Section
24, Johnstown Township, Rock County, Wisconsin

JOHNSTOWN CENTRE, P.V., on section
24 of town of same name [Johnstown],

10 miles east from Janesville, and
42 miles southeast from Madison. It has 200 inhabitants, 40 dwellings,
2 stores, and 1 hotel. It is located at the junction of the Chicago
and Madison with the Janesville and Milwaukee stage roads, on
the north edge of Rock Prairie.

JOHNSTOWN CENTRE, a post-village of
Rock co., Wisconsin, 10 miles E. from

Janesville, contains 40 dwellings,
and about 200 inhabitants.

[Source: The New and Complete
Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin and J. Thomas,
M.D., &COPY;1854 Lippincott, Grambo & Co., Philadelphia,
PA; p. 549; Courtesy of Kathy Lenerz]

Johnstown Center, in the town of Johnstown,
ten miles east of Janesville, was

located in 1837, by Norman SMITH.
The first minister there was Elder MILLS and the church-house
there was built in 1847. The village contains a blacksmith shop,
a shoe-shop, a wagon shop, a general store and marble works.
Population, 200.